Materiel losses during World War 2 were massive. According to one source, Germany produced a staggering 119,907 aircraft of all types and most were destroyed or damaged during the war. The United States lost 52,951 of their 95,000 aircraft in operations over Europe and the Pacific. The Soviet Uni...

Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to fly in a plane and FDR would receive the first presidential airliner in 1933. In this program, we will explore the history of the Air Force One aircraft.

This Revolutionary War battle took place in 1781. It was intended to lure George Washington away from Yorktown, and back to the northern colonies. Leading the attack was Benedict Arnold, who was born in Connecticut, just a few miles north of where the battle took place.

Benedict Arnold's knowled...

The granddaughter of a WW2 vet unboxes some of the deceased soldier's belongings and finds a letter detailing just a couple of his wartime memories.

It is the morning of January 16th 1991. Within the next 24 hours, coalition forces will undertake a precision aerial campaign against Iraqi forces, in what will be known as Operation Desert Storm. Desert Storm will see almost 4000 aircraft mobilized by both sides, with coalition forces taking par...

The concept of brainwashing is often discussed, but rarely understood. Originating from the Chinese term Xinao, which literally means ‘wash brain’, the word first entered circulation in the west in the 1950s. However, to this day, few understand the origins of brainwashing, and to what purpose it...

Filmed at both the PCWA Gettysburg and The Receding Tide 160th Anniversary events, this documentary explores recreated aspects of the Gettysburg Campaign using no narration, but rather all primary accounts by the men who struggled there.

On the morning of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer made the fateful decision to attack a large Native American village camped on the banks of the Little Big Horn River. It was a decision that would cost him his life, the lives of 268 of his men, and over 60 Native America...

Take the 80th Anniversary trip into France as allied forces embark on the unprecedented invasion of Normandy, meticulously preparing with unparalleled precision, orchestrating a relentless air campaign to cripple enemy defenses, and grappling with the harrowing possibility of cancellation, forgin...

Stuck in the violent Battle of Chickamauga, Lt. Whitney and his men are desperately low on ammunition. If Whitney can’t replenish the low supply, they face prison camp or death.

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The Battle of Chickamauga was the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War. On the second day of the battle Private Jacob Miller was shot in the head near Brock Field. When Miller regained consciousness he discovered he was behind enemy lines. Miller was determined not to be taken prisoner and st...

Learn about the heavy guns of the Civil War and the artillerymen than manned them. Civil War artillery includes everything from mortars and siege guns to rifled cannons and Columbiads. Learn about the heavy artillery, the logistics behind them, and also hear about the "red-legged infantry" regim...

During the Vietnam War, pilots would square off using many new technologies. For the first time, air-to-air missiles would be used, allowing for longer range combat and more intense dogfights.

George Washington's Continental Army has fought for five long years to drive the British from American soil. Now, with the aid of French land and naval forces, that time may be near. Washington and his allies have surrounded the British at Yorktown, Virginia.

The dream of American independence h...